Key-fastener.



H. H. SARELL.

KEY FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. s, 1911.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

INVENTOR R H. SARELL.

p a RAYMONDrHrSABELL OEGOLDEN, cotonano.

(manner; 5

of Colorado, have: invented certain newland useful Improvements in Key l astene-rspiot whichlthe'followinguin aspeclfication 'lhisainvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in keydasteners and its primary object is 'to providea idevlce oi very simple construction whiclrxis adapted to secure a. key inserted inxthe lock of a door against operative movement or. unauthorized removal from either side thereof.

Another ob]ect.of my invention is to provide a key-fastener of the above described character which is readily applied to a lock and keywithout marring the door or drawer on which the fastener is used, by the use of screws or other fastening devices and} which in its operative position provides a most efiicient substitute for. Yale locks,

loolts, catches and other similar devices often applied to a door as a safeguard against its being opened by unauthorized persons. y The use of my invention wlll not only frustrate attempts at picking a lock by means of a skeleton key or by turnma a key inserted in the lock, bythe use of nippers, but it will also prevent the operation of the lock from the inside of a door and thus makes it possible to securely look a door of a closet, Wardrobe or other room used for the storage of clothing and-otherarticles, or to secure a drawer of a desk,

dresser or other piece of furniture against being; opened by the ordinary method of.

turning the key within the lock thereof.

My invention is in this respect, part1cularly valuable forthe use of travelers, inasmuch as itprovides a portable and readily applied means to prevent access toartrcles placed in drawers or closets of hotelrooms,

during the absence'of its occupant.

tion consists of the constructions and combinations of .device illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in thefva rious views of which like parts are similarly designated,

and in which-e which my invention is a plied, a

Fig. 2, a sectionth rough the lock taken along the line 2-2, Fig. 1,

lock, along the line 3-3, Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, a horizontal sectionthrough the li lg aseeti nsimilar-corner nigie,

arnnerarnsra'rnnr enrich i new i a a in my inventionr'asi shown ll l Elgs.

Referring more specifically to: new draw ingspthe reference numeral designates a (1001**PI'QVlClGdWith a lock3, and 4 a vkey of conventional constrnctlon used for the operation of! the lock.

My improved fastench-comprises" afnuard :5 which: in the preferred form of invens and narrow blade or shankdiormed inh tegrally with a head' 'Ttvhichis twistedat right angles to the sidesthereon head consistpf a tl-shaped*plate formed by bending fa widened extensionof guard for the reception of a how of a key 1 a in a lock to Whichthe guard is applied. a

In the use ofmy invention, a door or i drawer is looked as usual, by turning the key. in thelock and the key is left inits locked position; with its bit 13 and its bow :14 extending at right angles to the keyhole 15 of the door. H y.

i/Vitl1 the parts in this position the guard is appliedby inserting its fiat shank in the keyhole below the key and moving it inf wardly until the bow of the key occupies the space between the two parts of its head.

The shackle oi the padlock is passed through thealined apertures of the head and the key-bow after which the padlock is locked either bythe use of a key, or by snapping itsfshackle into interlocking engagement with its interior mechanism.

j it will beseen that with the parts in this With the above objects in View my invenposition, an operative movement of the key by turning it in the lock,is impossible While theuse of aproper key for the releaseof a a shackle. Figure l is a face view of a door-lock to It will be understood that the guardmay be varied in formand construction to adapt it for use 1n connectionwlth keys and locks of different kinds, that a locking-means ion r t g: a modificationiin the construe ftIOTI Of my mventionl n) other. than Yapadlock ofthc construction "shown inthe drawingsmay be used to fasten the guard and'key together, and that other changes may be availed of within the spirit of my invention as defined in the hereto appended claims.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, a lock 16 of the padlock type is permanently connected with the shank 6 of the guard in the place of the head 7 of the first-described form of the invention, and the shackle 17 of. the lock passes through the bow ofthe key after the guard has been inserted in-the lock so as to register the same with the opening of the lock 16 into which the bit of the shackle enters for its Copies of this patent may be obtained for inserted in a lock to which the fastener is applied, the spaced parts of the head having apertures to register with the opening of the key-bow, and a key-controlled lock on the head of the fastener, including an adjustable shackle which passes through the apertures of the head for locking the key to the fastener. I

2. A key-fastener of the character described comprising a flat shank adapted for insertion in a key-hole, a head on said shank having an aperture to register with the bow of a key inserted in a lock to which the fastener .is applied, and a key-controlled lock on the head of the fastener, including an adjustable shackle which passes through the aperture of the head for locking the key to the fastener.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RAYMOND H. SARELL.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN T. WILLIAMS, A. H. DYER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

